There are so many ways that Clandestine Brewing exemplifies San José entrepreneurship, not the least of which is its cheeky approach to naming itself and its products. Branding yourself as “secret” is audacious, but solidly based in fact – the brewery’s first l…

After two years of successfully fueling SJSU’s all-night study sessions and tech coding marathons, Nox Cookies has opened a retail store to meet San Jose’s daily need to satisfy the craving for a warm cookie and cold milk. Convenient to Downtown offices and high-ris…

The City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), is pleased to announce that the guidelines for the 6th round of the Creative Industries Incentive Fund (CIIF) are now available here. CIIF provides projec…

In a report that analyzes 30 metropolitan areas in terms of the economic impact of what they call digitalization, Brookings has just ranked San Jose ranks as #1 – possibly a bit of a mixed blessing! An informative infographic tells the story. In recent decades, the di…

San José will benefit from a recently announced grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, providing $249,600 to help the City learn best practices for making public spaces into active hubs that connect the community and improve civic life. The grant was ma…

It wasn’t just another tech company ribbon-cutting on Jan. 11 at the new Kika Tech offices at 8 North San Pedro Street. Kika’s staff were just back from an amazing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where the China-based startup had been awarded four 2018…

Guest post by Jonathan Vaden, Marketing Manager/Business Development, Mineta San José International Airport New airline service boosts any community’s economic development. It generates new business opportunities, enhances trade, creates local jobs and stimulates t…

OED’s mission is to drive a vital and competitive economy that increases prosperity and quality of life for our residents and businesses. In today’s Silicon Valley, that means more than good transit, available real estate and reasonable housing costs. It also means …

As part of making Downtown San Jose more attractive and walkable, grants are available to small businesses interested in upgrading their sidewalk visuals. There are two kinds of grants – vacant storefront grants that provide reduced permit costs, and existing stor…

Guest Blogpost contributed by Nate LeBlanc, Business Development Manager, San Jose Downtown Association 2017 was a year of strong growth for cafés and restaurants in Downtown San Jose, marked by the opening of some great new places. I’m going to highlight some stando…

Downtown San José was showing its best side on Dec. 11. As night fell, the lights from Christmas in the Park blinked on, and more than a hundred tech workers, real estate professionals, elected officials, philanthropists and City employees gathered on the eighth floor …

Real estate website CURBED published an in-depth look at the proposed Google project in the Diridon Station area, and it’s possible impact on San Jose and Silicon Valley as a whole. “….a collection of land and former industrial lots in downtown San Jos…

By Alyssa Lynch, Superintendent of Metropolitan Education District Businesses are feeling the painful effects from the lack of well-trained people in the trades. There is a nationwide skills gap to fill 5.7 million job openings. Since the 1960s, vocational education pro…

A detailed update and timeline of the process of negotiating, planning and building the Google project planned for San Jose’s Diridon Station Area is available. Once the fair market value land price has been agreed to with Santa Clara County and San Jose, the Cit…

For a report on huge companies and their impact on the cities they choose for their facilities, PBS’ NewsHour sent a crew to San Jose to talk with our Mayor and others, and tour the Diridon Station area. Our portion of the show is at the end of the segment.…

Local ABC news affiliate, KGO-TV, aired a segment on the competitive proposals submitted in response the Amazon’s HQ2 Request for Proposals. Reporter Jonathan Bloom contrasted the larger Bay Area group’s proposal with San Jose’s options, which include …

Home to the world’s largest concentration of technology companies, San Jose leads the San Jose/Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Innovation Hub (iHUB). Designated by the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the San Jose iHUB pro…

Adding to San Jose’s growing presence in the electric and autonomous car manufacturing market, startup NextEV celebrated its grand opening on North First Street in North San Jose, with San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and hundreds of partners, investors and media. The t…